Alex Hewitt wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > >> Alex Hewitt wrote: >> >> >>> Just an update - the system that I was trying to install various 64 bit >>> Linux distros also wouldn't install Vista 64. Turns out the processor I >>> was using has some kind of TLB bug (AMD Phenom X4 9600). >>> >>> >> Oh, haha, yeah, that tlb erratum was a nasty one... Prices on the 9x00 >> series Phenom all dropped quite a bit after that one was discovered, and >> they were quickly replaced by 9x50 Phenoms, but they still sold the ones >> already out to resellers... (iirc). >> >> --jarod >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> >> > Here's a writeup on the Phenom processors and a description of the tlb bug: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenom_(processor) > > -Alex > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
Last update - dropped in a new Phenom II X4 940 processor. Night and day! Installed Ubuntu 9.04 and the machine is very fast... Happy, happy, -Alex _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
